Daniel Horowitz

Daniel Aaron Horowitz (born December 14, 1954) is an American defense attorney who has represented several high-profile clients including talk show host Michael Savage and is a frequent commentator in the media on criminal cases in the news.

Horowitz also represented Steve Williams, the man who ended up with Barry Bonds' 700th home run baseball.

Various other fans claimed that they were entitled to the ball.

Horowitz's defense of husband killer Susan Polk was portrayed on Dateline NBC.

Horowitz also represented Dr. Wilmer Origel, a chiropractor who was accused of 11 felony charges, of practicing anesthesiology without a medical license, money laundering, and insurance and workers' compensation fraud totaling $5 million.

The case became controversial because Horowitz's legal fees were paid by local taxpayers once his client ran out of money to pay for his own representation.

Many felt Horowitz's bill would rapidly deplete county funds that were "used to pay local attorneys who represent criminal defendants too poor to hire lawyers themselves."

Horowitz argued that the fees paid to appointed attorneys in Stockton were so low that it almost guaranteed that the clients would receive substandard representation and won the battle over fees.

The jury hung, 10–2, for acquittal and all charges were later dismissed.

In 1980, he earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California.

He was admitted by the State Bar of California that same year.

He is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).

In 1999, Horowitz represented Sean Twomey, in what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms claimed was running the "nation's largest black-market weapons trafficking case. A decade later (2012), Horowitz criticized the federal government's Mexican based gun investigation called "fast & furious", where real weapons were sold to gangs so that the federal government could trace the weapons flow. Horowitz claimed that the publicity was political and the scope of the case was blown out of proportion.

Horowitz became a national media personality when he became a regular television commentator during the 2004 Scott Peterson trial.

Since the Peterson trial, Horowitz has been a commentator on other high-profile cases such as the Michael Jackson trial, the Melissa Huckaby trial in Tracy, California, and the Anna Nicole Smith case.

He has appeared as a regular legal commentator on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

Horowitz married Valerie Northup, his third wife, in June, 2007.

In December 2007, Horowitz filed suit in federal district court on behalf of radio talk show host Michael Savage against the Council on American-Islamic Relations, alleging copyright infringement and a violation of federal racketeering laws for using excerpts of Savage's radio program to criticize him and the content of his show.

"The audio clip at issue in this dispute was taken from the two-hour long Savage Nation program that aired on October 29, 2007, in which it is undisputed that plaintiff said the following, among other things, about Muslims and about CAIR: (1) “I don’t want to hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind.” (2) “They need deportation . . . .You can take [CAIR] and throw them out of my country.” (3) “You can take your due process and shove it . . . .” (4) “[I]ts Muslims screaming for the blood of Christians or Jews or anyone they hate.” (5) “[Islam], a religion that teaches convert or kill, a religion that says oppress women, kill homosexuals . . . .” (6) “The Quran is a document of slavery and chattel.” "

In dismissing Savage's copyright infringement claim, the federal court held that the Council on American-Islamic Relations' use of Savage's copyrighted radio excerpts was a protected fair use under copyright law and that Savage's racketeering claim (that depended on the copyright infringement allegation) was without merit.

In its 21-page opinion issued on July 25, 2008, the Court noted that:

Horowitz and Northrup had a son, Isaac Aaron, in April, 2009.

In a second case Horowitz filed on behalf of Savage in 2012, Savage won his case against syndicator TRN and released Savage from his contract with that network.

Horowitz represents San Francisco Police officer Andrew Cohen in Cohen's personal injury lawsuit against San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and police chief Heather Fong.

This lawsuit arises out of Cohen's so called comedy video tape that led to the "VideoGate" controversy.

Horowitz also represented Kimberly Bell, the former girlfriend of San Francisco Giants slugger, Barry Bonds.

Bell testified against Bonds before the Grand Jury that later indicted Bonds for perjury arising out of his denial of steroid use.

In 2014 Horowitz was named a Top 100 Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers.

He is listed as a contributor to Criminal Law, Practice & Procedure. Daniel Horowitz is also a licensed real estate broker.

In 2015, Horowitz was a commentator on the Orville Fleming case involving a California Fire Chief who killed his girlfriend and claimed that he was a "zombie" at the time of the killing and therefore was not guilty of premeditated murder.

Horowitz was skeptical of the defense and the defendant was convicted.

Daniel Horowitz was part of the Pfizer vaccine study and he strongly supported the safety and importance of the vaccination.

Horowitz was featured on NBC and ABC news and was quoted by ABC's Kate Larson saying, "all reputable scientists say that it's safe and it's been proven safe in the trials. Take a little risk, be brave, and save your neighbor down the street."

Horowitz represented Dr. Rebecca Parish, a doctor who vaccinated over 500 senior citizens against the coronavirus in mid January 2021.

Complaints were made asserting that people not qualified received the vaccines and the clinic was suspended.

Horowitz corrected this and cleared the doctor.

The clinic's access to vaccines was restored.

Since 2017 Daniel Horowitz has been an SEC registered investment advisor associated with Meridian Investment Counsel, Inc..

Horowitz was born in New York City.

He received his Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College.